Saturday, December 1, 2012

The Season to be Merry (with a freebie)!

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Joy to the world...........happy happy happy! I truly love this time of year but not everyone is always so cheerful, especially stressed out teachers. Many times the teachers students have "holiday fever" and are grumpy, needing vacation extra energetic and extra unfocused on school work. I have learned the more we stick with our normal routines the better! However, who wants to go through December without fun activities? Well, I guess the Grinch but besides him everyone wants to decorate and have fun - without the stress!

(knocking on wood) Throughout the years my classes are well behaved and work hard during the holiday excitement. My secret? Keep with the curriculum but plan one fun activity a day and do the activity at the end of the day. Christmas activities can be used as a bribe.......yes, I said it. I'm not to proud to bribe my students.

My fourth grade team, a.k.a. The Fab Fourth, has already planned our fun! Here's some of what we have in store (with help from Pinterest)...

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